I can hardly believe it! I started 2 years ago with $130k in my 401k and nothing else, and I found MMM (and a new, higher paying job). Devoured the blog and started doing the changes pretty aggressively. 2 years later and $170k in savings/growth and holy crap does this stuff work!!!

Congrats. I would advise staying off Bogleheads website with this sort of information. I got ridiculed when I mentioned my stash amount.

I don't know what that means. ?

Bogleheads is another financial forum like here, however generally they aim for higher spending levels in retirement, a lower safe withdrawal rate(SWR) and due to those two combined factors generally a much larger stash than most on MMM or MMM himself would advocate.

For example on your 300k stash MMM and mustachios would probably congratulate on being almost half way done. Whereas on Bogleheads chances are they would maybe consider you a fifth of the way at best.

I haven't spent a large amount of time there though so I may be wrong in assuming this is what the poster meant.

Ah, so Bogleheads is more geared toward a higher spending lifestyle and thus longer working (and saving) time frames? Or is it more for high earners like doctors/lawyers, C level employees and successful entrepreneurs?

Either way, I think I'll stick with MMM as my main financial forum to hang out in.

Ah, so Bogleheads is more geared toward a higher spending lifestyle and thus longer working (and saving) time frames? Or is it more for high earners like doctors/lawyers, C level employees and successful entrepreneurs?

Either way, I think I'll stick with MMM as my main financial forum to hang out in.

Not all of them but the general crowd seems to feel that MMM levels of frugality are too much. Due to this the focus is less on curbing spending and more on higher income and a longer working career than MMM espouses.

It is all up to your level of frugality really.

If you want to shorten your time working the most and curb as much spending as you can tolerate there is Early Retirement Extreme(ERE), if you are looking to have a middle class lifestyle while FIRE then MMM is probably your man. If you want an upper middle class or better lifestyle in FIRE then Bogleheads is probably where you want to be.